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Situating the Self Through Sketching: First Year Doctoral Students Finding Their Way
As part of a two-semester advanced research methodology course, five PhD students completed three sketches—beginning, middle, and end of course—to represent how they were thinking and feeling about themselves as doctoral students as they progressed through their first year. They also wrote reflectio...
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Published in: | The Canadian journal for the scholarship of teaching and learning 2024-08, Vol.15 (2) |
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Summary: | As part of a two-semester advanced research methodology course, five PhD students completed three sketches—beginning, middle, and end of course—to represent how they were thinking and feeling about themselves as doctoral students as they progressed through their first year. They also wrote reflections to complement the sketches and shared their sketches in class. At the end of the course, the students co-led a study with their two instructors to examine their learnings and understandings gained from sketching. The students wrote individual narratives about their experiences and the instructors wrote narratives about how sketching was part of their pedagogical thinking. The analysis revealed seven student themes, including positive outcomes and challenges associated with sketching. One positive outcome was that students felt empowered as the sketches gave them the opportunity to reflect back on their progress, both cognitively and emotionally, over their first year of doctoral studies. Sketching itself was a challenge for some, but all felt that it was a powerful experience. Sketching provided the instructors with insights they might not have gotten through words alone, enhancing their sense of teaching and learning, and gave them valuable information to support the students.
Dans le cadre d'un cours avancé de méthodologie de recherche de deux semestres, cinq étudiants et étudiantes en doctorat ont réalisé trois croquis - au début, au milieu et à la fin du cours - pour représenter ce qu'ils pensaient et ressentaient en tant qu'étudiants et étudiantes en doctorat à mesure qu'ils avançaient dans leur première année. Ils ont également rédigé des réflexions pour compléter les croquis et ont partagé leurs croquis en classe. À la fin du cours, les étudiants et les étudiantes ont codirigé une étude avec leurs deux instructeurs afin d'examiner leurs apprentissages et les connaissances acquises grâce aux croquis. Les étudiants et les étudiantes ont rédigé des récits individuels sur leurs expériences et les instructeurs ont rédigé des récits sur la façon dont les croquis faisaient partie de leur réflexion pédagogique. L'analyse a révélé sept thèmes propres aux étudiants et aux étudiantes, notamment les résultats positifs et les défis associés à la réalisation de croquis. L'un des résultats positifs est que les étudiants et les étudiantes se sont sentis responsabilisés car les croquis leur ont donné l'occasion de réfléchir à leurs progrès, tant sur le plan cognitif qu |
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ISSN: | 1918-2902 1918-2902 |
DOI: | 10.5206/cjsotlrcacea.2024.2.15556 |